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Rated
PG
Runtime 138 min
Ratings
83% critics Rotten Tomatoes
88% audience Rotten Tomatoes
Age 11+ Common Sense Media
Genre Drama, Sport
Release 05/11/84
Actors Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close
Directors Barry Levinson
An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league in this magical sports fantasy. With the aid of a bat cut from a lightning struck tree, Hobbs lives the fame he should have had earlier when, as a rising pitcher, he is inexplicably shot by a young woman.
Genre Drama, Sport
Release 05/11/84
Actors Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close
Directors Barry Levinson
An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league in this magical sports fantasy. With the aid of a bat cut from a lightning struck tree, Hobbs lives the fame he should have had earlier when, as a rising pitcher, he is inexplicably shot by a young woman.